cowpuncher
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After all, it is a snappy cowpuncher variation on Woody Guthrie’s “Dusty Old Dust/So Long It’s Been Good to Know Yuh” with Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, the folk legend’s old musical partner, singing along.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
He is both corrupt and pure, a dynastic potentate in a helicopter and a solitary cowpuncher in the saddle.
From The New Yorker • Jun. 20, 2018
Henry Blanton is an alias for the 40-year-old cowpuncher whom Kramer selected to sit for her portrait of yet another vanishing American.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Cattlemen around San Antonio were getting ready to welcome a new part-time cowpuncher: Old Airman Eddie Riclcen-backer, who had paid $290,000 for the 2,700-acre Bear Creek Ranch.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Redmond was a tall, square-shouldered cattleman, who still clung to the rough garb and high-heeled boots of the cowpuncher, though he seldom used any means of travel but the automobile.
From Mystery Ranch by Chapman, Arthur